“…For the monitored location on the tooth surface, there was no noticeable strain variation before the crack occurred on root surface. However, at a certain point along the crack growth path, the stress increased as the crack tip approached that point and decreased as the crack tip moved away from it [20,21], as illustrated in Figure 9c. For the initial crack formed near the monitored position, the stress/strain was decreasing during the crack extension process, as illustrated in Figure 9b.…”